Fuelling manufacturer gets safety stamp of approval

For some companies and their employees, the term ‘health and safety’ is often considered boring, tedious, and pedantic. However, for Merridale it’s something the company sees as a major part of its pursuit of excellence.

The SafeContractor scheme, run by Alcumus, provides a health and safety audit service for contractors who want to reassure their clients that health and safety is being handled correctly and sufficiently on their sites. SafeContractor has 28,000 accredited members and over 370 major clients. To achieve the SafeContractor Approved status, a business must prove that they are a safe and responsible company. This involves ensuring that all paperwork is compliant with current legislation and that processes are in place to ensure health and safety is handled in the best way possible.

Operations manager, Andrew Tromans, has been responsible for improving and sharpening health and safety standards at Merridale for more than five years. As well as accumulating over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, his professional background consists of more than 10 years of responsibility for H&S systems. During his development, he obtained the City & Guilds Diploma in Occupational H&S, the NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate, and the NEBOSH general H&S certificate.

Since joining the company, Andrew has been instrumental in ensuring the quality management processes are of an exceptionally high standard. This is required to maintain its ‘SafeContractor’ accreditation and meet the preferred supplier status for local government authorities and large business enterprises who seek assurance that equipment specifications are fully compliant with current legal requirements.